WTIU: Mysteries of the Not So Deep: Digging Into Indiana’s Doomed Canal Period

Archaeologists Christopher Moore and Elizabeth Straub are digging into a mystery. About a century and a half ago, this cornfield was part of the Wabash & Erie Canal. This water superhighway traveled all the way from Lake Erie in Ohio through Indiana down to Evansville.

There are places where the canal is still navigable such as the Wabash & Erie Canal Park in Delphi. But there’s still a lot that’s unknown about this unique period. [continue watching]